BRAHMS' PIANO WORKS played by HOWARD JONES
Capriccio in B Minor, Op. 76, No. 2 Rhapsody in G Minor, Op. 79, No. 2
THE Capriccio in B Minor, a great favourite, is one of the Composer's daintiest pieces-a fanciful, light-hearted, and light-footed conception.
The G Minor Rhapsody is an impassioned utterance. The wide sweep of its melody (note its opening in an arpeggio, a favourite figure of Brahms), the leaping vigour of the succeeding passage, and the following curious portion, marked ' mysterious' (in which the opening arpeggio motif is heard softly in the bass), are striking elements in a piece of uncommon impressiveness.